Draper's Most Dangerous Intersections for Pedestrians and Cyclists

How the count was built: UDOT keeps a pedestrian and bicycle safety model for signalized intersections, and 21 of the signals in it are in Draper. Every crash in UDOT's records for the period that involved someone walking or riding a bicycle was tied to the closest of those signals, as long as it lay no more than 250 feet away, the distance the Highway Safety Manual uses to call a crash an intersection crash. When UDOT coded a crash Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury, this page calls it serious or fatal.

Draper's totals come to 11 pedestrian crashes and 11 bicycle crashes, 22 in all, at 11 of the 21 signals. Just one of the 22 was serious or fatal, and it was a pedestrian crash. That puts Draper's pedestrian share at 9.1% (1 of 11), against 16.7% statewide under the same method, and its bicycle share at zero, against 8.9%. Counts this small move a long way on a single crash, so neither percentage means much by itself.

Half the Signals, No Crashes

The signals with a clean record are not all quiet ones. At 12300 South and 700 East the busier of the two roads carries about 25,000 vehicles a day by UDOT's estimate, a bus stop sits nearby, and the model puts foot traffic at about 91 people a day. 11400 South at 300 East, which UDOT lists under both Draper and Sandy, is estimated at about 120 walkers a day with about 30,000 vehicles on its busier road. 13800 South at Bangerter Highway is estimated at about 82 walkers. Each went the full seven and a half years without a recorded pedestrian or bicycle crash.

Statewide, a little over a quarter of the modeled signals, 338 of 1,263, had no such crash in the period. In Draper it is 10 of 21, close to half, the largest share of any Utah city with at least 20 of these crashes counted the same way. That is worth knowing, but it is not a safety grade. A crossing can be hard to use and still have no crash on file; the record only says that no collision involving a walker or rider was logged within 250 feet of the signal.

Every Draper Signal With a Pedestrian Crash

Nine Draper signals recorded at least one pedestrian crash, so this list has nine entries, not ten. They are ordered by pedestrian crashes, then by bicycle crashes, then by serious or fatal pedestrian crashes. Any tie left after that goes to the signal with more estimated daily foot traffic in UDOT's model. Two further signals had bicycle crashes only and are covered in the cycling section.

• 12300 South (SR-71) & Lone Peak Parkway (150 West) — 2 pedestrian crashes and 1 bicycle crash, none serious or fatal. UDOT's model puts the busier road at about 33,000 vehicles a day and foot traffic at about 55 people.
• 12300 South (SR-71) & State Street (US-89) — 2 pedestrian crashes, neither serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes. This is the ThrU-Turn intersection, the first of its kind in Utah when it opened in November 2011: drivers who would turn left here go straight through, make a U-turn at a signal a few hundred feet on, and come back to turn right.
• 12300 South (SR-71) & 210 East — 1 pedestrian crash and 2 bicycle crashes, none serious or fatal. Two bus stops are nearby, and the model estimates about 111 walkers a day.
• Draper Parkway (12300 South) & 1000 East — 1 pedestrian crash and 2 bicycle crashes, none serious or fatal. A three-leg intersection with a school nearby; UDOT's model gives no pedestrian estimate for it.
• 12300 South (SR-71) & 300 East — 1 pedestrian crash, which was serious or fatal, and 1 bicycle crash. It is the only serious or fatal crash at any Draper signal in the period. Estimated foot traffic is about 161 people a day, second in the city.
• 14600 South (SR-140) & Pony Express Drive — 1 pedestrian crash and 1 bicycle crash, none serious or fatal. UDOT lists this signal under both Draper and Bluffdale, and its model estimates about 18 riders a day against about 3 walkers.
• 13200 South & 1300 East — 1 pedestrian crash and 1 bicycle crash, none serious or fatal. UDOT estimates about 41 cyclists a day here, the most at any Draper signal, and lists a school nearby; there is no pedestrian estimate.
• Draper Parkway (12300 South) & 1300 East — 1 pedestrian crash, not serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes. The model's highest foot-traffic estimate in Draper, about 168 people a day, with two schools nearby.
• 12300 South (SR-71) & Galena Park Boulevard (550 West) — 1 pedestrian crash, not serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes. About 36 people a day on foot by UDOT's estimate.

Seven of the nine are on 12300 South, which UDOT labels Draper Parkway at its eastern signals. Across that road's nine modeled signals the record adds up to 9 of the city's 11 pedestrian crashes and 6 of its 11 bicycle crashes, 15 of the 22 in all, plus the one serious crash. Yet no signal on it logged more than three crashes of both kinds combined. What stands out is a road with crashes scattered along it, not one corner.

Draper's Bicycle Crashes

Bicycle crashes split almost evenly between 12300 South and everywhere else. Six were on 12300 South. The other five came at four signals in the south and east of the city, where the busier road carries 3,400 to 13,000 vehicles a day by UDOT's estimate and the model's rider figures, 18 to 41 a day, are well above its walker figures, which are single digits or missing. Highland Drive (14700 South) at Minuteman Drive had 2, both bicycle; 14600 South at Pony Express Drive, 13200 South at 1300 East, and Bangerter Parkway / Traverse Ridge Road (14600 South) at Highland Drive (240 East) had 1 each. None of Draper's 11 bicycle crashes was serious or fatal. Statewide, roughly one bicycle crash in eleven was.

What UDOT's Estimates Show About Draper

Each signal in UDOT's model comes with estimates rather than counts: average daily walkers and riders, vehicle volumes on the two roads, nearby schools and bus stops, and whether the intersection is lit. These describe exposure. The model also produces a predicted crash figure for each signal, but that number comes from a separate study with no stated time window, so it is not set against the January 2018 to August 2025 counts on this page.

In Draper the estimates line up only loosely with the record. The two signals with the most estimated foot traffic, Draper Parkway at 1300 East (about 168 a day) and 12300 South at 300 East (161), had one pedestrian crash apiece, though the second was the city's only serious one. Seven of the 21 signals have no pedestrian estimate at all, and two of those seven recorded a pedestrian crash anyway. None of the 21 is flagged as unlit.

Daylight for Draper's Riders, Darkness for Its Walkers

The two groups split cleanly by light. All 11 of Draper's bicycle crashes happened in daylight, and none fell on a weekend; they were spread from Monday through Friday. Pedestrian crashes ran the other way. Six of the 11 happened after dark, a heavier share than the roughly one in three (718 of 2,105) seen at modeled signals statewide. The city's one serious pedestrian crash was not among them; it happened between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., the same midday window that held 6 of the 11 bicycle crashes. With 22 crashes in all, each of these patterns rests on a handful of events, so they describe what happened rather than predict what will.

Four Drivers Who Left the Scene

Officers did not mark distraction, impairment, speeding or a disregarded signal on any of Draper's 22 pedestrian and bicycle crashes. What the reports do show is drivers leaving: 4 of the 22 were coded hit and run, and 3 of those 4 involved cyclists, out of 11 bicycle crashes. Statewide, about one bicycle crash in ten carried that code (112 of 1,115). Teen drivers were noted in 3 of the 11 pedestrian crashes.

A hit-and-run driver who is never identified is treated as an uninsured motor vehicle under Utah Code § 31A-22-305(2)(b), which can open the injured person's own uninsured-motorist coverage. One rule matters for riders in particular: if a driver forced you off the road without touching you or your bike, § 31A-22-305(6) requires clear and convincing evidence, more than your own testimony, that the other vehicle existed. A witness, a camera or physical evidence from the scene can decide whether that coverage is available.

Speed Limits Along 12300 South

Most signals on the list sit on 12300 South (SR-71), which UDOT's 2026 state-route speed data posts at 40 mph at Lone Peak Parkway, 210 East and 300 East, the site of the city's one serious crash. At Galena Park Boulevard the same road is listed at 45, and at State Street the 45-mph limit belongs to State Street (US-89). At the eastern signals labeled Draper Parkway, UGRC's Utah Roads data lists 35 mph at both 1000 East and 1300 East. The highest limit at any listed signal is 65 mph on 14600 South (SR-140) at Pony Express Drive, per UDOT's data; that signal had 1 pedestrian crash and 1 bicycle crash.

These are current posted limits and may not match the limit on the day of a given crash. Across Utah the serious-or-fatal share does not climb steadily with the posted limit, and one serious crash is too few to test the question in Draper. UDOT's sidewalk inventory, which covers state routes only, flags a gap at 12300 South and 700 East, one of the busy signals that recorded no crash at all. A clean record and a missing stretch of sidewalk can sit at the same corner.

Limits of a Small Count

Twenty-two crashes over seven and a half years is a small number, and it limits what any ranking can say. One more crash would lift a signal from the bottom of this list to the top. Only crashes within 250 feet of a modeled signal are counted, so a person hit mid-block on 12300 South, in a parking lot or at an unsignalized neighborhood crosswalk is not here. A single crash can injure more than one person. And the record shows where collisions happened, not who was at fault.

When a Draper Intersection Is Where You Were Hit

A quiet crash history at your intersection does not decide anything about your own case, which turns on what the driver did. Where a crossing does have a record, earlier crashes can show the danger was known, and the signal timing, crosswalk markings and lighting are documented by the city or by UDOT and can be requested. A claim that involves a city or state road design, or a government vehicle, carries its own notice requirement and a shorter deadline. Our Draper pedestrian accident and bicycle accident pages explain how these claims work, and the statewide guides cover proving fault, filing a PIP claim and the time limit to sue. Crashes of every type, street by street, are on our Draper’s most dangerous roads page.

Losses a Claim Can Cover

• Money already lost: ambulance and hospital bills, follow-up treatment and therapy, and the paychecks missed while recovering.
• Harm with no invoice: the pain itself, the sleep it costs, and the walks or rides a person stops taking.
• What lies ahead: future surgery or care, and a smaller earning capacity if the injury is permanent.

Sources and Method

Crash records: UDOT's crash data from January 1, 2018 through August 4, 2025, limited to crashes involving a pedestrian or bicyclist. Matching: each crash goes to the nearest signal in UDOT's signalized-intersection pedestrian and bicycle safety model if that signal is within 250 feet, the Highway Safety Manual's intersection distance. Severity: serious or fatal means UDOT coded the crash Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury. Estimates: walker, rider and vehicle volumes, schools, bus stops and lighting come from the same UDOT model. Statewide and city comparisons apply the identical method to all 1,263 modeled signals. ThrU-Turn opening: The Salt Lake Tribune, November 2011. Light conditions, crash times and the officers' report flags come from the same UDOT records; current posted limits are from UDOT's 2026 state-route speed layer and UGRC's Utah Roads. Every city we have counted this way is listed on our statewide page, Utah’s most dangerous intersections.